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Chaac - a power machine (updated 16. 4. 2015.)

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by TheLacerator updated April 16, 2015

Smite God: Chaac

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Chaac Build

Beginner or lazy to counterbuild? Optimal build (Runeforged or Stone of Gaia)

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi
Build Item Runeforged Hammer Runeforged Hammer
Build Item Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia
Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath
Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe

Start

Build Item Bluestone Pendant Bluestone Pendant
Build Item Hand Of The Gods (Old) Hand Of The Gods (Old)
Build Item Boots Boots
Build Item Healing Potion Healing Potion
Build Item Ward Ward

1st item

Build Item Warrior Tabi Warrior Tabi

2nd item - Defence

Build Item Runeforged Hammer Runeforged Hammer
Build Item Midgardian Mail Midgardian Mail
Build Item Hide of the Urchin Hide of the Urchin
Build Item Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia
Build Item Improved Sprint Improved Sprint
Build Item Weakening Curse Weakening Curse

3rd item

Build Item Jotunn's Wrath Jotunn's Wrath

Situational - Offence

Build Item Titan's Bane Titan's Bane
Build Item The Executioner The Executioner
Build Item Winged Blade Winged Blade
Build Item Shifter's Shield Shifter's Shield
Build Item Frostbound Hammer Frostbound Hammer
Build Item Breastplate of Regrowth Breastplate of Regrowth

Situational - Defence

Build Item Magi's Cloak Magi's Cloak
Build Item Spirit Robe Spirit Robe
Build Item Stone of Gaia Stone of Gaia
Build Item Pestilence Pestilence
Build Item Witchblade Witchblade
Build Item Hide of the Nemean Lion Hide of the Nemean Lion

Actives

Build Item Wrath of the Gods Wrath of the Gods
Build Item Heavenly Agility Heavenly Agility
Build Item Weakening Curse Weakening Curse
Build Item Greater Purification Greater Purification

Chaac's Skill Order

Thunder Strike

1 X Y
Thunder Strike
1 4 6 7 9

Torrent

2 A B
Torrent
3 8 11 12 14

Rain Dance

3 B A
Rain Dance
2 15 16 18 19

Storm Call

4 Y X
Storm Call
5 10 13 17 20
Thunder Strike
1 4 6 7 9

Thunder Strike

1 X
Chaac throws his axe forward, damaging all enemies in a radius around its landing location. The axe remains idle in the ground for 5s or until another ability is used.

Ability Type: Circle, Damage
Damage: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280 / 340 (75% of your Physical Power)
Radius: 20
Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
Cooldown: 10s
Torrent
3 8 11 12 14

Torrent

2 A
Chaac spins his axe around him, damaging all enemies, and gaining Protections for each enemy hit (max. 4). Gods hit provide 2 stacks.

If his axe is out from Thunder Strike, he will first leap to the axe location, doing 50% base damage to enemies he passes through and then executing his spin attack. This dash can go through walls.

Ability Type: Circle, Teleport, Damage
Damage: 100 / 160 / 220 / 280 / 340 (+70% of your Physical Power)
Protections: 5 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 25
Protection Duration: 6s
Radius: 20
Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80
Cooldown: 13 / 12 / 11 / 10 / 9s
Rain Dance
2 15 16 18 19

Rain Dance

3 B
Chaac summons a rainstorm around his current location for 6s. While it rains, he regains Health, and enemies are caught in the mud and have their Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Power reduced.

If his axe is out from Thunder Strike, a rainstorm will also spawn at that location. Enemies caught in the area of both rainstorms will have the Movement Slow and Attack Speed Reduction applied twice.

Ability Type: Circle, Slow
Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Attack Speed Reduction: 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25%
Power Reduction: 10%
Healing: 8 / 13 / 18 / 23 / 28 every 0.5s
Radius: 20
Cost: 75
Cooldown: 15s
Storm Call
5 10 13 17 20

Storm Call

4 Y
Chaac charges up his lightning axe for a short duration then unleashes a blast, Silencing, Knocking Up and damaging all enemies around him. While charging up, Chaac has Damage Mitigation and is immune to Crowd Control effects.

Ability Type: Circle, Crowd Control, Damage
Damage: 300 / 360 / 420 / 480 / 540 (120% of your Physical Power)
Silence Duration: 3s
Radius: 25
Cost: 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120
Cooldown: 90s

Introduction

Note: the build might change in the future.


Hello, my actual IGN is TheNefarious and this is my first guide on SmiteFire for Chaac. I have played some MOBAs for some time, namely League of Legends and Strife, but I didn't get hooked until SMITE. Its variety of game modes, 3rd person view as well as bigger control over the characters and mythological context enticed me to play more and now SMITE is my favorite MOBA ever. The first god to entice me was Chaac, an excellent warrior for beginners that balances tankiness and damage fairly well and contains excellent sustain.

So, on to Chaac.

Pros / Cons

Pros

+ Sustain
+ Poke
+ Good balance of damage vs. tankiness
+ Early-midgame waveclear
+ AoE silence		 Chaac is a very safe character in the solo lane. He loses few matchups, his laning phase is decent and his midgame is strong. He is also big in teamfights and objective steals due to Storm Call. He is the gateway god to warriors, because he offers the the right balance of tankiness vs. damage and because of his AoE abilities, which makes it easier to hit enemies.

Cons

- Sluggishness (compared to other warriors)
- Not much CC
- Falls off lategame
- Thunder Strike easy to dodge		 Chaac is a god who falls off lategame: he can still deal damage, but it's not nearly enough. His escape consists of 2 abilites, and Torrent has a fairly long cooldown so he doesn't have a reliable skill that he can use for escape, cooldown reduction is thus definitely needed for him. He also has almost no hard CC (aside from Storm Call) and only 1 soft CC ( Rain Dance), so in that regard he is lacking.

Skills


Passive:
Overflow
Effect: For each 5 basic attacks, gain a mana-free ability.

A great mana-effective passive; combined with Bluestone Pendant, you will not have many troubles with mana.

Tips:
  • Priority using Overflow on abilities: 4 -> 3 -> 1 -> 2 (sorted by mana consumption and early/mid-game importance)

1st ability:
Thunder Strike
Effect: Deals damage + stays on the ground for 5 seconds for other abilities.

This is an excellent ability: It deals a lot of damage, it's Chaac's earlygame poke and coupled with Torrent a good waveclear as well. It also acts as an enhancer for other abilities.

Tips:
  • When the enemy solo approaches your minions to attack them, poke him and his minions. It gets a good deal of damage off the solo, while still damaging the minion wave.
  • The radius of the axe is just wide enough for the whole minion wave so try to have that in mind.
  • When you throw the axe, there is a timer beneath Chaac that tells you for how long the axe stays on the ground.

2nd ability:
Torrent
Effect: Deals damage, gives protections (up to 100) for 4 sec and blinks to the Thunder Strike axe (if the axe is on the ground).

This ability is underrated in my opinion. Chaac's midgame is great, so I prefer leveling this before Rain Dance to strengthen his midgame even more. Good amount of damage, coupled with Thunder Strike, it's an excellent waveclear, it buffs his protections immensely and can also make Chaac blink.

Tips:

3rd ability:
Rain Dance
Effect: Self-heal, slows and summons an AoE slow at the Thunder Strike axe.

A fairly strong self-heal, even at lvl 1, and a good slow once the ability is maxed out.

Tips:
  • Good for chases, escapes, teamfights and sometimes peels and zoning.
  • This is the ability Overflow should be used most on.

4th ability:
Storm Call
Effect: Deals damage, AoE silence and in the radius of the Thunder Strike axe deals more damage and knocks up enemies.

An excellent ability, this is the only hard CC ability Chaac has (silence) and it's a good initiation/finisher. Great for objective steals too, meshes well with Wrath of the Gods and Heavenly Agility. It also gives CC immunity and 50% damage reduction.

Tips:
  • Always try to attack with Thunder Strike before casting Storm Call to get that knockup and damage then focus on the most dangerous god.
  • Use the above for Gold Fury/Fire Giant steals too with Wrath of the Gods online, just be careful to cast the ability at the right time (at 30-35% health).
  • Because Storm Call is CC immune and grants 50% damage reduction, you can use it to escape in general (although that's not often recommended), but more importantly, escape when you get caught in all the CC the enemy team throws at you.

Skill Priority

> > >

Matchups

First off, Chaac is a very safe god, he usually doesn't lose his lane: he has a good clear, good sustain, and can poke with his Thunder Strike. With proper counter-building and play, he can beat anyone.

Hard


Bakasura
WHY?

Chang'e
WHY?

Hades
WHY?

Core Items

Starter items

Death's Toll's lack of attack speed means Bluestone Pendant is more favored because it gives more mana for Chaac's abilities.
Semi-mandatory for Chaac because his earlygame wave and buff clear is not up-to-par yet.
For rushing Warrior Tabi.
In case for the extra sustain.
Always buy Wards whenever you're falling back to the base; place the one you have either behind your speed camp (to check for enemy invades) or at the enemy mana camp (to see where the enemy jungler goes).

Boots


Though it doesn't have the penetration nor attack speed, it's enough to deal damage early on in the game.
However, if you are really far behind, it might be better to buy these boots instead.

Defence

Buy this if the enemy solo is a warrior. For such a cheap item, it gives a good amount of physical protection and health and it gives a percentage of power.
More expensive than Runeforged Hammer, but assassins generally have higher DPS than warriors, so this is a good item to buy against them, not to mention it counters Hastened Fatalis.
If you and your team are ahead, you can buy this item to stack the protections; this is arguably the tankiest item in the game.
THE item against magical solo laners. With this item, you are practically invincible against mages and guardians and its passive goes well with Rain Dance.


Actives:
This is a must-buy against a healer. To try to shut down a healer, you should remember if the healer already used his healing ability and you think you have a chance at killing; if so, first Thunder Strike, then Storm Call into Rain Dance into Torrent into Weakening Curse.
Against gods who have to slow you to kill you ( Bakasura, Nemesis, Freya), this is an almost necessary active.

A warrior's tool!


Literally contains everything every bruiser needs: CDR gets a special mention as it removes 22.5 seconds out of Storm Call (even more with the mana buff).

Situational Items

Situational - Offence


Offence is usually good when your team has a good lead. Titan's Bane is personally preferred, but all of these are good choices.
Penetration
Hybrid
Chase Shield of Regrowth

Situational - Defence


Defence is usually good when you are struggling against someone on the enemy team. Magi's Blessing is great and Spirit Robe is good too for the CDR and for countering CC.

NOTE: If the enemy team has 4 of the same type (or 3 physical and 1 underfed mage), do NOT buy protections of the other type unless they lead in top damage, you would be wasting gold on something you don't need.
Hard CC Magi's Blessing
Physical
Magical

Actives

Due to Chaac's objective steal potential, this is an excellent active.
You pretty much have to buy this if you are countering a healer.
An excellent active against slows and after Storm Call.
Excellent item against hard CC.

Playstyle

Early game


  • Before the match starts, keep checking the side paths in case the enemy invades. Preferably even place a ward behind the yellow camp.
  • Help clear speed buff then HoG the mana camp, take it and go laning with your jungler
  • When you start laning, kill the enemy minions ASAP. When the junglers leave, focus on last-hitting and be wary of the enemy solo.
  • Poke as much as you can with Thunder Strike.
  • If the jungler initiates someone, follow him up.

With your jungler, you should clear speed and mana buff and start laning. Try to poke both the minions and the god, last-hit minions and every now and then attack the enemy solo when you clear most of the minion wave; if your jungler initiates, try to follow up as much as possible. After 3 minutes, call your jungler if mid harpies still stand and nobody's nearby and then get back. Whenever mana buff is online, clear the wave and go for it and save Torrent and Storm Call in case someone tries to invade you so you can try to punish them or (if there are 2 of them) run away.

Mid game



In this phase, teamfights will start to occur, mostly over objectives and towers and Chaac will help the team greatly with his benefits, especially with his ultimate, Storm Call, which applies silence to enemy gods, however it’s still not too dangerous to travel alone. If at least their Support and ADC dies, your team should preferably push down a tower and then attack the Gold Fury with the team to gain gold and XP advantage and also start warding closer to the mid.

Late game



This stage, all items you build will be situational, whether it's more power, penetration, protections or something else. You should be warding the Fire Giant with Sentry Wards (if other teammates aren't). This is also where Storm Call will be at its most useful for teamfights and objectives. By now, it is dangerous to go alone, so group up, pick up the buffs and start teamfighting. In this phase, the main focus is the fire giant. If your team kills 3-5 gods, it’s generally safe to contest the Fire Giant, but if your team kills less than that, it might be a better idea to push instead. If you’re attacking the Fire Giant, make sure to ward the paths from which the enemy gods might follow so that they don’t get to steal the Fire Giant.

Combos




Damage/chase




> >


Teamfight




> > >


Peel/zoning




> > ( )


Escape




>

Summary

I hope this guide helped you in understanding more about Chaac and also check out the links below for more information.

Be sure to rate and comment if you have any feedback.

Smite Gamepaedia - Player, item and god specifications and lists of items by their stats.

r/smitetraining - If you need help about anything Smite-related, ask here.

Changelog

1. 3. 2015. - Actually added a changelog; also remaking the guide for Season 2.

3. 3. 2015. - Build updated! Also added some links for help.

15. 4. 2015. - Largely overhauled the guide! More BBCode! Bruiser build changed! Experimental ability bruiser added!

16. 4. 2015. - Reorganized chapters, some tweaks and more BBCode!

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TheLacerator | February 28, 2015 2:57pm
Mobzify wrote:

Really cool guide it seems you worked hard for it! But , I disagree with the Item path you chose! I dont think that Gauntlet is a core item for chaac , he doesnt need lifesteal at all! And i didnt see Gaia in your item path too. Thats all , really nice guide btw!


Neither do I, I'll rebuild it. Thx for the feedback.
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Mobzify | February 12, 2015 9:15am
Really cool guide it seems you worked hard for it! But , I disagree with the Item path you chose! I dont think that Gauntlet is a core item for chaac , he doesnt need lifesteal at all! And i didnt see Gaia in your item path too. Thats all , really nice guide btw!
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Introduction
Pros / Cons
Skills
Matchups
Core Items
Situational Items
Playstyle
Summary
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